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Publisher Correction: New biofunctional effects of oleanane-type triterpene saponins
Hisashi Matsuda1,2, Toshio Morikawa3, Seikou Nakamura4
1Department of Pharmacognosy, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, Misasagi, Yamashina-Ku, Kyoto, 607-8412, Japan. matsuda_134@outlook.jp.
Journal of Natural Medicines
|August 3, 2023
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